Essays
Men Who Didn’t Get the Message
Amid pressure to worship Darwinism, these are three stories of resilient refusal.
Can the City of Steel Rise Again?
Gary, Indiana, has struggled for decades. A coalition of Christians is working to bring it back to life.
Enduring All Things for the Gospel
Two centuries ago in Burma, Adoniram Judson modeled evangelistic zeal and missionary resilience.
To Grow Resilient Kids, Don’t Take Away Struggle
A Q+A with Tish Harrison Warren on resilience, raising children, and technology.
Review
We Don’t Need Resilience. We Need Resurrection.
As Tish Harrison Warren’s new book explores, springing back to strength after disaster isn’t the picture offered by Scripture.
Public Theology Project
Why I Don’t Debate Atheists
We need apologetics, but what we need more is genuine confidence in the Word we carry.
Review
Put Not Your Trust in Techno-Kings
A new book on Elon Musk examines his wide influence, impressive achievements, and flawed ideology of centralization
Ben Sasse and a Dying Breed of Politician
The former senator is battling cancer. Losing him would be one more sign that a certain kind of conservatism—and a certain kind of politics—is disappearing.
News
Refugees Disappeared. Churches Prayed and Lawyered Up.
Christians who fled violence in Myanmar were largely Trump supporters. Then ICE started arresting their fellow churchgoers.
We Are Obsessed with Gender
With incoherent language trickled down from academic theorists, we think and talk about gender incessantly—and to our detriment.
Church Scandals Don’t Negate God’s Faithfulness
That fallen pastor or troubled tradition was never responsible for the truthfulness of the gospel. That is God’s work, and God never fails us.
How Pro-life Groups Help When a Baby’s Life Is Short
Christian groups offer comfort and practical support for expectant families grappling with life-limiting illness.
Prologues
We Need More than Grit
A note from our editorial director for features in our May/June issue.
Qualms & Proverbs
My Church Makes Everyone Take Nursery Shifts. Can I Object?
CT advice columnists also weigh in on a new deliverance ministry and inviting friends to church.
Faith Is Not a Sprint
A letter from CT’s president & CEO in our May/June issue.
Killing People Is Not the Same as Allowing Them to Die
And the church of Jesus Christ has to offer people a better way of thinking about life and dependence if we want to push against the horrors of euthanasia.
Analysis
What Can Pro-Lifers Do in Unchurched States?
Pro-life political wins correlate with church attendance rates. So what do you do if most of your neighbors stay home on Sunday morning?
Analysis
This Year, Protections for the Unborn Won’t Come from Washington
The White House and Congress seem uninterested in new pro-life measures. But crisis pregnancy centers will continue their mission, one life at a time.
How to Do Your Own Research About Vaccines
A doctor shows how to inoculate yourself against foolishness with a shot of wisdom.
Backstories
Christians Need Clearer Thinking About Sterilization
The wide and easy acceptance of vasectomies shows the weakness of our moral and biblical reasoning.
What the Awkwardness of Sterilization Tells Us
Our instinctive discomfort reveals something about the unnaturalness of these procedures.
Men Should Bear the Brunt of Contraception
Sterilization should never be done carelessly, and it should be the man’s burden.
Testimony
I Sold My Body and Couldn’t Quit Heroin. But God Pursued Me.
Some faithful Christian women visited the dressing room at my strip club and showed me the love of Christ.
We Need More than Bible Trivia
Responses to our January/February issue.
Pornography Has Always Been a Moral Blight
A look back at evangelical prescience concerning a “moral sickness.”
Evangelicals Debate Sterilization
Vasectomies and tube tying are more common among evangelicals than many realize. Do they have biblical warrant?